Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-12-13

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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Oss OF The boliess and sssmlasy lnos,
successful robberies that ever took place
IN Maine ~s- recently ensctsd 81 East
Newport. In Psnooseot County. The de-
tsiei story % the robbery has already
oeen read AMI ,s'ted over ny u~srly every
body In Mslns.
Itisin suhstsoee as ksllvwsi
Ca Ssnisy nlsht. DC. ga. tas hossv
OF Peter Bennett. rich and mlserly old
farmer of East Newport. VAS sn,srsd w
robbers ami trunk containing sboet ESQ.,.
900 In currency wss carried OF Bsaast,
vss svskeuesi Dot was guarded By one of
the robbers. Who told him 20 hep quiet or
De woair blow hl. brains oat lie. how
ever. y~llei Justify sni svskenedh his grand.
daughter and her hasbsni. Who were 10 an
aijoliiss room. They erwied oui OF
TIE window and ran. a. ihey say. ZOE ~.
slstsace Bsunst, Was then quie,s,i and
tbe truak ~as carried 81. The old msa
hsi q d.strust OF b,nks. and for years bad
boarded Al hi. money. lie IL estims,ei %
b. worth from $4,000 - 600. 900. bat
lived In he poorest possible ssyls. rhsrs
serv sons suspicious circumstances c0n.
nrct-d with The flight of fesnk Pat,su.
Bsuuett's grsniisugh,sr's husband. ADD b.
wss ARRESTED, bat ansr ersmiratlou vas
discharged
f0r q few days no particular elss was
ootslCef 80 q the shsrcsbouts of the ROB-
bsrs. bat last Thursday. Rsnt iiartiinz.
the bsggsg,msn % The Sandy Rive, Rul.
road. iuform-.i Dvpaiy sheriff Alout,
Sylvester. OF fsrmlngton. that Two SUE
plclnas parties hal ben seen on The east
side - sandy river. IN the town Of AsOn.
where they we're iu9airing the var IN
RamfOri. AMI seemed anxioas 20 dad tn
roa'e tn tso men were also heard non
Al Ssw Portland aud kiagfsli. Asklns tie
way % Dlxasld.
Deyoiy Sylvester ani Asher u. uorn. ~
fsrmirgtoa. took q pair % horses all
draw. - wsld There they me, . man
Who hai ssen 80 fellows sni talked with
tasm sSoat working In TIE WOODS. They
had about two hours start % the oficers.
Half w.y between Wed AMI Ditnsld the
trail VS. SCALA struck. Two mcn hs,ins
called a. farm house snt asked Zoe dia
nsr In harry. They appeared excited
and apaiou, 10 -sc the daily papers.
A. Dxdeii ta- oflerrs TOOK frcsh horses
an drive direct n the ferry which crosses
The A. tgusesxgia 81 RamfJrt CenFe,
rhsfc 40 msn answering the description
-srv foani eailag sapp~r hnrfisfly a.
Chsflr. klnbalr- pi,cs.
when srfe.;si me iasn rssl.tsi some.
What. bot hai - suamit They sppssfvi
SURPRISED sud declared their Innocence
Tbsy said they wsrs from nsngor and well
kBosp In L-wi.,oa sbi Poriisbi, thoush
they we're aaa,le ~ give the names ofsny.
body In these cities OF tel on What sue-'
thsy h,i lived The pfi.oasrs were hand
cssei asi oroasht direct IN fArmioston,
rifiug al nlghi
Ga hslug searched by Jailsr Jewell ani
thee n ,ef. ssoai o. 30 In bills we're fyund.
,l.g . revolver. = siaus sho'. ths heal ~
wkich hal iAs Appearance ~ hsslng been
scrspei - remove s,,ins. sni . baoch 81
~. Which TIE ofi.rr. SAIL v0ali unlock
any hsnicars used In Maine
4 POCKET cDmpsss. sfsiirosi ticket on
ne L,ke shore rosi ana other mioor srtl'
Cies. sefe also foucd. s1m- 90 The bank
bills f0und were smesred viii blood TIE
c'oihirg % the men IL doe All hears The
lmpflnt OF Sev York ,silofs TIE over.
Goa, OF Que bslng satin lnci .ni reVersl'
be
The oa- who spears 10 be spokesman
1. aoout 20 year. oil, ofsspdy complsti0n,
smoothly saavsn. sni weighs sbnoi leo
poaud.. TIE other IL rather shorter. u
darker comp,sniOn. somsshs, heavier. and
younger than bis companion.
One suspicious feature Was when the
searching b~gaa TIE jsilsr >sked u they
bad sn,iaiug about their psrson.
'O,. 20. saii 0hc. "A little change and
III. OF rl.,ol. thsi l. all
Dut a. tie search contina~i tie moasy
above ueallau-d 49, f,aa saiiei ap Ari
tacksd In tlTifvat ppctsts about their
p-r.on.. one package Nione c0ntsinins
400 crowded Into hip pockst
Aptckagr % some KIDD wtlch was s,.n
In tie meas possession While r.ilns 10
missing. ba; tie ofi.er. ssT ihsy ere on
ihe track Of IL
Immediately on ihs arrival Ia fafmlng
Ton Of SaeriT Brosn. of Psno1scpt CJoniy,
.ni City Marshal whltnsy. ~ Bsnsor.
,hey prOc.e.ici ~ the j,r si.pplng Into
TIE corridor sheriff Bfosa fr., ,x,mlnrd
the thlck sst f,ilDs Sslih-r he or City
MsrshL whlt,-y vers ALE - rscosuite
him.
sherls nrOwn "a. 10 fi's. ~ sxsmlns
thc other iclios I. %. seen al once that
ne knew him. sisp9lng bach be salf. "Mr.
wAlinsy yOa st.mlnc TIE prlsoasf."
stepping up 10 the bars Mr.. wkl,nsy
pssrsd eagerly lri0 The cell. bat suddenly
recoilsd a. n rho'. With TIE exclamation
MY God. Cal l. 10 possible that this IL
yo5f'
II guess Il IT," vas the reply
"plint kuos you we're In this part OF
the coa1iry," s,ii the city m,r.hh haskl.
~.
well usels. ~ replied the fslos. this IL
all = mis,,ts ani eau prove u 80 too"
TIE Two Scfc lefi slons then sni the
rest OF The party retired 10 The jail once.
The prisoner proved 30 be Clarence
whitney. formerly % Newport. Q nephew
OF City Marshal whitney % Bangor. AMI .
son % Rev. John whl,u.y. now rsidipg
In Newport lie has 10, bseu si HON for
A00ui ntesn years. AID hss led rather q
loose lifs. lie arrived In Newport little
over . week sgo. Last Sendsy night be
boarded The night PallmAo. and babe good.
bye 10 III. frisnis on the platform. saying
that be Was going To New York. Thls vas
the last seen OF bin In Newport
IL was stated By parties In Harrington
Who identified him there that be hal been
Ia about every state In the union.
Arsr City Msrshsl whitney cane iuto
n. Ilii Ocice sfter biz iatsFvisw with his
repasw, he showed eel which was slvsn
q hin By The prlsonsr - us 10 hls de-
tense Thls amoun: Was overlooked IN the
search Tbs money consisted OF slr Ten.
dollar bills. and one oae-dollsr bill.
Large numbers OF callers visited The all.
bat ali Efforts o lead the prisoners inio
couvefsaiiou proved fruitless although they
tslked some. bat not . word IRON them
could be obtained which bad The least
bearing on themselves.
whituey seemed we'll postsi on spor;iag
matters aud inquired OF Sheriff Brown
about The inmates OF the county jail a.
Bangor. Both prisonsrs are very coofient
that they can prove sllbls and firmly c..
tablish their Innocence.
Depaty Sherf Sylvester aud A. ID. Horn,
however. state that they have ample evil.
denee 10 eonvlct the fellows. ba, whi:a
will not be disclosed bsf,rs the trial.
The prisoners wsr. taken 10 bangor
al BY The of- .ers GU Saturday. Oshsr
facts have developed that may prove 70 be
OF Importance.
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